'mursday, February 19,1981 page‘4

by Frances Suits

Everyone has a beef and satetines when the large ones becare too brain taxing to grasp and cmtrol, the little ones take over. Satething like, yea, like "a small revolutimary coup. In this pressured estab-' iishnent called a university, students carbat dead- lines, mid-terns, finals, hangovers, the weather, ' and the opposite sex. are cannot battle these adver- saries daily and not lose sate degree of sanity.

In march the little beefs to act as pressure re- lease valves. 'Ihese little beefs are an interesting, amusing and perhaps psychologically relevant study of the university student. '

Didyoukncwthatthereisastudentonthiscam— pus who is convinced that gnares are invading UPEI? They are the little peqale who steal one sock out of the washing machine, drink that last beer you were sure you left in the refrigerator, submit yOur name to Rumour Hath It, and turn off your alarm when you are sure you set it for 8:30 a.m.

The weather is a constant force to combat. It'cre—

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ates an obstacle course and therefore is a beef-filled subject. Various purposes have been proposed for Lake Blanchard the most ingenious of which is turn-.- ing itintoaduckpondtowhichastudentcanre- treat to neditate on final exams. With a few ducks

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and swans, a little white bridge across the lake and a reproduction of Ibdin's '"Ihe minker", it has a distinctive cultural aura. But university is not onlyculture so, perhapsthe lakecouldbestocked with trout and becare a spOrtsman's paradise. freeze

it, perhaps, and hire the Ice Follies instead of a Pig for a thursday night. Attendance at puddle jutping contests could can—

pete with the basketball ganes and soaked feet are

a good excuse for skipping classes. .

Beefs can manifest thareelves in many fonts

as the subtle art of revenge. Slink. into a gloany corner of the library and underline all the un- inportant parts of your readings for that week so evrycne else will-miss tie point of the essay. If

you like to operate on a larger scale, join senate and propose that the hate economics departrent achieve school status or' rescedual the March break

to end a week earlier so that it ends before it‘

ever gets started, scathing like the serester does. Better yet, reprogram all the carputers and then

try to convince your professors that the gnates

did it. ‘

Little beefs do release tension. In fact, I feel

much better after writing this. To ccmplain about

the little problems in life scmehowmakes thebig

hassle diminish in inportance. A cannon ground of comlaint also gives students scathing in ccmncn to get riled over, to laugh about and, believe it or not, increases the school spirit and helps disipate apathy. This is acccnplished just because little beefs gen- erate sate feelings, get the blood flowing, bring tl'e senses back to life. Never let the big beefs or the little beefs get you down. laugh at them and this will lighten the load just a little.

Disarmament of Del.

Dear Editor,

Last Fall a new society was forned

at Dalhousie Student Project Ploughshares. The society's aim is to inform students about the pros and cons of disarmanent through seminars, films, discissions etc. This is in prep- ara" ion for a referen- dum Dalhousie Student Council is sponsoring

in the spring of-l982. If there is anyone on canpus who is interested in forming such a society, please contact us. We look forward to hearing frcm you. Sincerely,

Maura Green

Research Director Student Project Plough shares 7

Student Union Building Dalhousie University Halifax, N.S.

Emergency cppecL

EMEBEENCY Dear Friends-,- _ _ '—

We have been informed by the head of legistics Department at our head- quarters in Lusaka Zanbia that the food situation in

Southern Angola is critical.

'lhe South African Army ccntinuously carries out raids in Southern Angola making it difficult for us to cultivate our food, the present situation in terms of food availability is desperate.

We therefore take this SPECIAL AND EXTRAORUUMKY

Amemywtowmﬁmm as much as possible, so as ' to alleviate atleast some

of the shortages. A contribution of $50.00 will. provide food for one person for one month. Please be generous as you can in'this situation. ‘We hope to airfreight the food supplies by the first week of March if not sooner. r lihanking you in anticipation- Yusuf Saloojee . Chief Representative-Canada Canadian Mission

Box 302, Adelaide Postal Sta.

rummage MSC 214

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